Josh Epstein is a lighting designer for theater, opera and dance as well as environmental and event spaces.
He has worked regionally at the Guthrie Theater, Goodman Theater, Lyric Theater, Playmaker's Rep, Paper Mill Playhouse, Long Wharf Theater, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Actor's Theater of Louisville and The Alliance Theater.
Opera work includes productions at Minnesota Opera, Opera Santa Barbara, Wolf Trap Opera Company, Berkshire Opera festival and the Manhattan School of Music.
Off-Broadway lighting design credits include work with companies such as New Georges Theater Company, Clubbed Thumb, Target Margin, Rattlestick Theater, La Mama ETC, Naked Angels, Theater for the New City, Summer Play Festival, Urban Stages and The Juilliard School of Drama. Josh has worked with directors Wendy C. Goldberg, Pam MacKinnon, Eric Ting, Lawrence Edelson, Steffan Novinski, Brad Dalton, Susan Fenichell, Maria Mileaf, Jesse Berger, Brian Mertes, Kim Rubenstein, Curt Columbus, Melissa Kievman, Brian Roff and David Herskovits among others. He has also served multiple times as the Resident Lighting Designer for the O’Neill Playwrights Conference.
His dance work includes pieces with Doug Varone, David Dorfman, Allyson Green, Wil Swanson, Edisa Weeks and Kara Tatelbaum. Josh has designed at Wolf Trap, The Joyce Theater, Danspace at St. Marks, The 92nd St. Y’s Harkness Dance Project, Symphony Space and The Joyce Soho. His work has been seen internationally in Lisbon, Portugal and Bucharest, Romania.
Josh designed the lighting for the award-winning Macy’s 2006-2008 New York City Holiday Windows. He has designed the lighting environment for VIP party spaces at the MTV Video Music Awards and the VH-1 Hip Hop Honors. He has also designed lighting for a multitude of different events and fashion shows throughout the New York area.
Josh received his BA from the University of Chicago and his MFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. He has served as an adjunct faculty member at Sarah Lawrence College and was a recipient of the 2004-2006 NEA/TCG Career Development Program for Designers. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and three daughters.